SULS Disabilities Consultation Form — 2023
[26/03/23 Note]: The next SULS Disabilities Officer will likely decide whether to create a new form for 2024. If that is the case, they will update the SULS website and will inform you accordingly.

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Author: AW Shim (January 2023), building upon the work of the 2022 SULS Disabilities Officer.

Language (authored by AW Shim): SULS chooses to use a mix of person-first and identity-first language (‘person with disability’ and ‘disabled person’ respectively) throughout its publications (including this guidance document), its governance documents, and its policy documents to reflect author preference in the disability community. Likewise, we use d/Deaf — as well as autistic and Autistic — to reflect varying preferences among disabled individuals and to reflect not only the lived experience but also their identities.

For more information on language & media regarding disability, please do not hesitate to check out our current Disabilities Media Guide ('Ableism 101').

Editorial Foreword (from AW Shim):

When I first approached the 2021 President of SULS about creating a SULS Disabilities Officer, we began discussions in 2021 — about our vision for the portfolio and for the disability sector. I am pleased to see that disability is no longer treated as an ancillary issue but as an autonomous part of the diversity & inclusion agenda at SULS.

In 2023, we will continue the work of the 2022 SULS Executive team — including the 2022 SULS Disabilities Officer — to ensure the inclusion and full, equitable participation of disabled students & students with lived experience of chronic illness. Although 1 in 6 Australians identify as having a disability, discrimination and abuse disproportionately affects people with disability — with 44% of all complaints received by the Australian Human Rights Commission (‘AHRC’) concerning disability discrimination.

Consequently, the SULS Disabilities Portfolio is always looking to hear the questions, concerns, thoughts and experiences of Disabled students at the Law School, and advocate for all disabled students within SULS, the Faculty, the University and beyond. We at SULS acknowledge the Social Model of Disability and the Human Rights Model of Disability, as described in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (‘CRPD’).

This form is for students with any general queries for the Disabilities Officer, as well as students who have suggestions of issues they would like us to raise with the faculty. For example, this form might be used to ask raise issues about accessibility at SULS Events, or concerns for the Faculty such as suggested areas of improvement within Disability Services, Special Considerations or academic processes.

If you would prefer to contact someone directly in order to prefer feedback verbally, please do not hesitate to reach out at disabilities@suls.org.au or to have a chat with the SULS Disabilities Committee.

If you are struggling with any individual issues and need an advocate, we urge you to reach out to a professional caseworker from the SRC (for undergraduates) or SUPRA (for postgraduates) who are trained help you navigate these issues. You can find information for this in the following links:




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Are you a SULS member and/or a Law student? (Optional)

We are prioritising feedback from students, although we are also open to queries & feedback from other stakeholders (e.g. carers)
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Do you identify as a disabled person — that is, a person with disability — as defined in the SULS Constitution?

Please note that the SULS Disabilities Portfolio, as per the SULS Constitution, is designed to be an autonomous portfolio that is open to any student with a chronic health condition — as well as any neurodivergent student, any d/Deaf student, any blind student, and any student with psychosocial disability, which NSW Health defines as arising ‘when someone with a mental health condition interacts with a social environment that presents barriers to their equality with others’.

We abide with the Social & Human Rights Model of Disability, in alignment with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability ('CRPD'). 

Further information is set out in Section 5CA of the SULS Constitution (available at https://www.suls.org.au/governance).
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